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In this chapter, the different types of potential risks in supply chains are described and the specific impacts of natural disasters such as the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami on Japanese supply chains are outlined. Moreover, some strategies and developments on how to mitigate supply chain disruptions are presented.
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This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 16K01257.
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Khojasteh, Y. (2018). Developing Supply Chain Risk Mitigation Strategies. In: Khojasteh, Y. (eds) Supply Chain Risk Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4106-8_6
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